The quality of college application essays, for both home and overseas students, is used by American universities as a principal element of the scholarship decision-making process.

对于国内外的申请者而言，申请文书的质量是决定申请美国大学奖学金成功与否的关键因素。

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There's clearly been a profound change in the nature of guerilla warfare and a principal element in that change is technological.

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While I am a strong believer in the flywheel principal as a general practice, there are also times when radical change is in fact the critical element needed to move a company to the next level of success.

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